“My pick for Best Political Move of the Year, which is the decisive (ph) and this means it is actually the best political movement is Bill Clinton getting on the phone and encouraging Donald Trump to run for the president.” YearsMeanRunningMovingPoliticalPresidentMovementTrumpPicksBillsClintonPhonesPolitical MovementsBest Political Author:Lawrence O'Donnell
“Donald Trump was, you know, obviously a very important businessman, billionaire, he was a reality show star and I think that he has had more success running for president than probably even he imagined.” ThinkingKnowsImportantShowsRealityRunningStarsPresidentTrumpBusinessmanBillionaireReality Shows Author:Joy-Ann Reid
“Donald Trump got himself very far to the left. When he was considering running for president in 2000, he was for a 13 percent wealth tax on wealthy people to retire the national debt.” PeopleRunningLeftPresidentWealthTrumpTaxesPercentDebtWealthyRetiringConsideringNational Debt Author:Chris Hayes
“Donald Trump you're never going to be president of the United States by insulting your way to the presidency.” WayStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpPresidencyInsulting Author:Carly Fiorina
“Roger Ailes said, we learned from a secret back channel that the ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president.” IfsSaidPresidentSecretTrumpTreatsPutinRoger Author:Michel Martin
“The pope can go ahead and claim that Trump is not a Christian, but you can't go there when we talking about the president of the United States.” StatesChristianPresidentUnitedTalkingUnited StatesTrumpClaimsPope Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What [Donald] Trump is saying is the pope will pray for Trump as president because Trump is gonna be the only guy trying to stop ISIS, which wants to take out the Vatican. It is. It is quite a curious thing.” WantTryingGuyPresidentTrumpPrayingCuriousPopeIsis Author:Rush Limbaugh
“What we saw with both Donald Trump and Marco Rubio, that their response, whenever you point to anything in their record, is just to yell, "Liar, liar, liar," and to get very personal and to make direct character attacks. And my approach, from the very beginning of this President's campaign, starting a year ago in 2015, is that I will not respond in kind. I do not intend to insult any of the candidates.” YearsKindCharacterPresidentRecordsSawsTrumpApproachYears AgoDirectResponseStartingCampaignsCandidatesInsultLiarsMarcos Author:Ted Cruz
“For anyone who doesn't believe that Donald Trump is the best candidate to go head to head with Hillary Clinton in November, and that's about 70 percent of Republicans nationwide who don't think Donald Trump is the right guy, our [President's] campaign is the only campaign that has beaten Donald Trump and that can beat Donald Trump.” ThinkingBelieveGuyPresidentTrumpRepublicanBeatsPercentClintonCampaignsCandidatesBeatenNovemberRight Guy Author:Ted Cruz
“This guy [Donald Trump] has not offered a single serious policy proposal, which is important if you want to be president of the United States. And Hillary Clinton is going to have clear shot to the Oval Office. And so I think there are many out there that are rooting for that outcome, so that he's the nominee. And you can see it in the coverage he's gotten.” IfsThinkingWantImportantStatesGuyPresidentUnitedUnited StatesClearPolicySeriousTrumpOfficeShotsClintonOutcomesThis GuyProposalCoverageOval Author:Marco Rubio
“He [Doanald Trump] had no business being president of the United States.” StatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrump Author:Chris Christie
“I think he [Donald Trump] is generally a good person, but you know what? He had no business being president of the United States. If I thought he did, I wouldn`t be running. I`d be helping him.” IfsThinkingKnowsPersonsStatesHelpingRunningPresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpGood Person Author:Chris Christie
“I understand the anger Americans feel today. In the past, our presidents have channeled that anger and forged it into resolve, into endurance and high purpose, and into the will to defeat the enemies of freedom. Our anger was transformed into energy directed for good. Donald Trump is directing our anger for less than noble purposes.” FeelsTodayPastPurposeEnergyPresidentEnemyTrumpDefeatNobleEnduranceResolveTransformedForged Author:Mitt Romney
“I think the great majority of Republicans, mainstream Republicans from across the country, don't want to see Donald Trump as president of the United States either. They're concerned they'd see a recession and I think they are also concerned we'd see a more dangerous world.” ThinkingWorldWantCountryStatesPresidentUnitedUnited StatesDangerousTrumpRepublicanConcernedMajorityMainstreamRecessionsDangerous World Author:Mitt Romney
“Donald Trump is great at the one-liners, but he's a chaos candidate and he'd be a chaos president. He would not be the commander in chief we need to keep our country safe.” NeedsCountryPresidentTrumpSafeChaosOur CountryChiefsCandidatesCommandersOne LinerCommander In Chief Author:Renee Montagne
“Most presidents have been controlled by forces that control money and special interests. When Donald Trump refused their money, he refused their control. This made him dangerous.” Has BeensMadeForcePresidentInterestSpecialDangerousTrumpControlledSpecial Interests Author:Louis Farrakhan
“I'm not interested in being Donald Trump or anybody else's vice president, that's not what I'm aiming at.” PresidentTrumpVicesNot InterestedVice President Author:Marco Rubio
“The worrying thing is there's so much latent hatred of the guy [Donald Trump] and this guy isn't even president yet.” GuyPresidentWorryTrumpHatredThis GuyLatent Author:Sacha Baron Cohen
“I think Donald Trump is totally unfit to be president of the United States. Let's not forget, this guy was one of the leaders of the so-called birther movement, which was an effort to delegitimize the presidency of the first African-American president we have ever had.” ThinkingFirstsStatesGuyPresidentForgetUnitedEffortLeaderUnited StatesMovementTrumpAfrican AmericanPresidencyThis GuyAmerican President Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think one of the many interesting things about [Donald] Trump is that people in the media did not take him seriously for months. Then, when it was clear he was going to be the nominee, they immediately hit the panic button. I think they overlook the possibility that he could just be a really bad president in the way that presidents are traditionally bad.” PeopleThinkingWayPresidentInterestingClearMediaPossibilityMonthsTrumpPanicButtonsInteresting Things Author:Chuck Klosterman
“I'm not a fan of Donald Trump. To be perfectly honest, I don't think violence is the answer to anything and I think, hopefully, she [Hillary Clinton] will be our president.” ThinkingPresidentAnswersViolenceFansHonestTrumpClintonHopefully Author:Donna Karan
“Well, part of the trick of getting elected president, if you look at George W. Bush and Barack Obama, is convincing the other side, at least temporarily, not to hate and fear. And that, Trump is not going to able to do that” IfsWellsLooksAbleHateSidesPresidentTrumpTricksBarackConvincingHate And Fear Author:Rich Lowry
“Donald Trump is temperamentally unfit to be president and commander-in-chief.” PresidentTrumpChiefsCommandersCommander In Chief Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump didn't have much in the bank at all, to the tune of three-point-some-odd million dollars, whereas Hillary has something like (I don't know; I forget the number), $35 million or $40 million that she can legally spend now president the point was made that the Democrats did the same thing to Mitt Romney back in 2012 before Romney could spend the money that he had raised.” KnowsMadeThreePresidentForgetNumbersMillionsTrumpDollarsDemocratRaisedOddTunesRomneyMillion Dollars Author:Rush Limbaugh
“Thanks to NBC News and thanks to the NBC primetime TV network, Donald Trump has been in living rooms for 11 years being who he is. The Donald Trump running for president is not an unknown quantity. The Donald Trump running for president is the Donald Trump everybody's gotten to know, and quite a lot of people watch those Donald Trump TV shows, The Apprentice and whatever else on there.” PeopleKnowsYearsHas BeensShowsRunningPresidentRoomsWatchesTvsTrumpNewsThanksQuantityTv ShowsLiving RoomApprenticeNbcNbc News Author:Rush Limbaugh
“I am not convinced that means [Donald] Trump is a lock to be the next president but it does suggest that what he has tapped into is both lasting and powerful.” MeanDoeNextPresidentPowerfulTrumpConvincedLastingLocks Author:Christopher Michael Cillizza
“Donald Trump is horrendous, but he is also honest. Both Presidents [Bill] Clinton and [Barak] Obama were great speakers, but unrepentant mass murderers.” PresidentHonestTrumpMassBillsClintonSpeakersMurdererBarak ObamaPresident Bill ClintonGreat Speakers Author:Andre Vltchek
“Donald Trump is a racist. Donald Trump in fact is making fascist appeals. That's why many self-respecting Republicans are not supporting Donald Trump for president.” SelfFactsPresidentTrumpRepublicanAppealsRacistFascists Author:Martin O'Malley
“Obviously in the next few months we have got to do everything that we can to make sure that Donald Trump, who in my view is the worst, least-prepared candidate for president in my lifetime. Number two, we've got to obviously elect Hillary Clinton.” TwoNextPresidentViewsNumbersWorstMonthsTrumpPreparedLifetimeClintonCandidates Author:Bernie Sanders
“I think you have to take the man and say to yourself, [Donald Trump] is someone who wants to occupy the Oval Office, where Franklin Roosevelt, Teddy Roosevelt, Abraham Lincoln, George Washington, and people who were our president, and I don't think it's just a woman's issue. I think it's an issue that should be of concern to all Americans.” PeopleThinkingMenWantShouldPresidentIssuesHe ManTrumpOfficeConcernAbrahamFranklinTeddyOval Author:Hillary Clinton
“I believe Donald Trump is the best guy for president; and I'm not going to shy away and I take the risk. I could just stay home and don't talk about any candidate.” BelieveHomeGuyI BelievePresidentRiskTrumpCandidatesShy Author:Joe Arpaio
“The American people expect the president of the United States to be prepared to support action to protect the people of this nation. And I know Donald Trump will.” PeopleKnowsStatesActionNationsPresidentUnitedUnited StatesSupportTrumpProtectPreparedBe Prepared Author:Mike Pence
“I am proud to say that the voice of the people of our nation is being heard in this hall and those voices want Donald Trump to be the next President of the United States.” PeopleWantStatesNextNationsPresidentVoiceUnitedUnited StatesHeardTrumpProudHalls Author:Chris Christie
“The focus, to my mind, is to make sure that Donald Trump does not become president of the United States. I think by temperament he is unqualified to be president. I think his views - you have a guy who's running for president who rejects science, doesn't even believe climate change is real, let alone wants to do something about it, wants to give hundreds of billions of dollars in tax breaks to the top two-tenths of one percent.” ThinkingWantGivingMindBelieveDoeTwoRealStatesRunningGuyPresidentUnitedViewsBreakUnited StatesFocusTrumpTaxesPercentDollarsClimateClimate ChangeBillionsRejectsTemperamentUnqualifiedTax Breaks Author:Bernie Sanders
“He was making a very serious point. Donald Trump has a way of talking to get people's attention, and it's drawn attention to a very important issue.There was a time when a Democrat president knew where the buck stopped in the White House. And the responsibility for the failed policies in the Middle East that created the environment where ISIS developed belongs to President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the American people know that.” PeopleKnowsWayImportantStatesHousePresidentWhiteAttentionResponsibilityTalkingIssuesEnvironmentMiddlePolicySeriousTrumpClintonDemocratEastBarackWhite HouseMiddle EastSecretaryIsisBucksPresident Barack ObamaImportant IssuesWay Of Talking Author:Mike Pence
“My fellow Republicans, when Donald Trump becomes president of the United States of America, the change will be huge.” StatesAmericaPresidentUnitedUnited StatesHugeTrumpRepublicanFellowsUnited States Of America Author:Mike Pence
“My God, Donald Trump is unfit! He's ill-tempered, he's unsuited, he is not qualified, he's unsuited to be president.” PresidentTrumpIllQualifiedIll Tempered Author:Barack Obama
“Meg Whitman wants to be close to power. She doesn't care if it's Hillary Clinton, she doesn't care if it's Barack Obama. All she knows is that if Trump is president, he's not gonna be crony with her. Trump is not gonna do any special favors for her.” IfsKnowsWantCarePresidentSpecialTrumpClintonFavorsBarackMegCronies Author:Rush Limbaugh
“It's far from clear in general that Donald Trump is a guy who really thinks about the details of policy and is going to do the kind of heavy lifting you have to do as president to get those policies through in Congress. I think the hope is that Paul Ryan and his crew will push policies through Congress and Trump will just sign them. That's not really how policy works.” ThinkingKindGuyPresidentClearPolicyTrumpCongressDetailsHeavyCrewLiftingHeavy Lifting Author:Avik Roy
“Donald Trump is reinforcing harmful stereotypes and offering a dog whistle to his most hateful supporters. It's a disturbing preview of what kind of president he'd be.” KindPresidentDogTrumpOfferingStereotypeSupporterDisturbingHatefulPreview Author:Hillary Clinton
“Donald Trump first gained political prominence leading the charge for the so-called birthers. He promoted the racist lie that President Obama is not really an American citizen, part of a sustained effort to delegitimize America's first black president.” FirstsAmericaPoliticalLyingBlackPresidentEffortTrumpCitizensRacistPresident ObamaAmerican CitizensProminence Author:Hillary Clinton
“I find it deeply disturbing that someone wanting to be president of the United States would talk the way Donald Trump talks, use the rhetoric, the demagoguery, the bigotry and the bluster and the bullying that he has demonstrated.” WayStatesUsePresidentUnitedUnited StatesTrumpBigotryBullyingRhetoricDisturbingDemagogueryBluster Author:Hillary Clinton
“I think what more and more Americans are concluding is that Donald Trump is not a man who is qualified to be president, and he is not fit to be commander and chief.” ThinkingMenPresidentTrumpFitChiefsQualifiedCommandersConcluding Author:Hillary Clinton
“Now there's going to be some decisions [Donald Trump] is going to have to make as president regarding those folks, and I think what he's said let's first get all of the bad actors out of the country. And I think that's what's really important.” ThinkingFirstsSaidImportantCountryActorsPresidentDecisionTrumpFolks Author:Chris Christie
“Donald Trump wants to look at this situation [with immigrants] and deal with it in a humane way, and quite frankly, you know, I think this is the kind of thing people expect from a president of the United States.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayWantLooksKindStatesPresidentUnitedDealsSituationUnited StatesTrumpImmigrantsHumaneHumane Way Author:Chris Christie
“I think what you expect of every candidate and ultimately of a president is to listen to the facts and to deal with things in a way that's smart and direct. I'm confident that's exactly what President [Donald] Trump will do.” ThinkingWayFactsPresidentDealsTrumpSmartDirectCandidates Author:Chris Christie
“I ran for president. I ran for governor twice. And I've been the governor now for nearly seven years. I find that the people who are my best advisors are the people who are smart enough to give me really good advice and smart enough to keep their mouths shut about what advice they give me. And so if I want advisors that way, that's the kind of advisor I'm going to be for Donald Trump.” PeopleIfsWayWantGivingYearsKindEnoughPresidentAdviceTrumpSmartMouthsGive MeSevenRanGovernorsSeven YearsGood AdviceAdvisors Author:Chris Christie
“Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump are the most disliked and untrusted candidates for president in American history.” PresidentTrumpClintonCandidatesAmerican History Author:Jill Stein
“[Donald] Trump met with Mexican president Enrique Pena Nieto, who has in the past compared Trump`s rhetoric to that of Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini.” PastPresidentTrumpMetsRhetoricMexican Author:Steve Kornacki
“Here`s an interesting twist, though, President Pena Nieto later tweeting that he told [Donald] Trump in their private meeting that Mexico will not pay for the proposed border wall, Trump saying, though, in that press conference that it didn`t come up.” PresidentInterestingPayWallTrumpPressesMeetingsCome UpBordersMexicoTwistsConferencesPress Conferences Author:Steve Kornacki